Lost Sister of Wyoming returns home after century
A long-lost child of the Slocum family, Frances Slocum, was found in Indiana in 1885 after a life among the Miamis and Delawares. Her story ties Wilkes Barre and Kingston to a nation of descendants and a century of searchby her mother and brothers.
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Rock
Noah Hopkins
Robert Bruce
Scotland
Hopkins
Zebulon Sutler
Home Defense Company
Butler
Denison
Wilkesbarre
Delaware
Wyoming Valley
Wyoming
Jonathan Slocum
Rhode Island
Frances
Slocum
Tsip
Niagara
Tioga Point
George W. Ewing
United States Indian Service
Miami
Mississinewa
Wabash River
Indiana
Colonel Ewing
Frances Slocum
Lancaster
Lancaster Intelligencer
Logansport
Ind
Mississippi
Mississnewa
Wabash
Francis Godfrey
Godfrey
Goethals Note Reveals Canal Job Views
Posthumous Goethals letter explains how the Panama Canal project shifted from overwhelming to a matter of irritating details. The memo describes the old Culebra building as the proving ground where he bonded with workers and shaped the project, with a memorial planned by the Panama Canal Society of New York and former colleagues.
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Goethals
Balboa Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Charles I. Rhodes
U. A
Gatun
Rhodes
Camp Gaillard
General Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
West Point
War Department
Culebra
Balboa
Canal
Fanama Canal Society of
New York
New Submarine Trial Course Plotted Near Kittery Yard
A new submarine trial course is being surveyed off Boon Island Maine by the U S coast and geodetic survey to assess a nearer path than Provincetown. The depth reaches 815 feet the deepest yet used and aims to avoid pinnacle rocks for safe submersible tests. If feasible the course will be approved for trials, reflecting Kittery yard’s role as a submarine construction and repair plant.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery Navy Yard
Provincetown
Mass
Maine
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Boon Island
Cape Cod
Airman Steers Plane To Vacant Lot Near Home
Omaha Nebraska aviator Cliff Burnham forgot his pipe at takeoff. He guided his aircraft to a vacant lot beside his residence, made a neat landing, retrieved his pipe, and resumed his trip.
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Omaha
Neb
Cliff Burnham
Council Bluffs
Counterfeit John McCormack at Long Island House Party
The article describes John McCormack introduced as the lion of the hour at a Long Island house party. He responds by joking that he is not the famed singer of Irish songs of Broadway but the famous Irish singer of songs and would not sing Broadway Irish songs in Ireland.
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John McCormack
Long Island
Mr. McCormack
Broadway
Ireland
Chance and choice shape friendships in Louisville note
A Courier Journal quotation contrasts chance and choice in forming friendships. The boss calls for explanation, while the other line implies autonomy in friendships, highlighting how decisions influence social ties.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Elmo Scott Watson
Wilkestarre
Kingston
Wromingwall
Westmore
Connecticut
Hecht
Continental Congress
Glengwatah
John Butler
Forty Fort
Susquehanna
Home Guards
Zebulon Butler
Torward
Mics
Frances Sloclna
Internacional Polo
Wfkorliing
E.marshall
Champion
Toledo
Ohio
Fos
Band Instrumentsa
Mis R Inc
Selmer
Rosebud Lingerie
Schuylkill Haven
Chance
Delille
Allen
le Roy
Dr. Peery
Pearl Street
New York City
Grove’s
Tnuile
Acnoirgt
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